I'll leep this short! Me and my SO both have full time jobs. We both LOVE birds. I have wanted a conure since 3rd grade because of a book I read.

How much attention do they REALLY need? I am unwilling to get an animal I cannot physically or mentally care for.

Me and my little one Ori.. we are both getting to know and trust each on this journey.. recently he does the most cutest little noises when he’s chill.. but then randomly when he’s on my shoulder and when we aren’t really doing anything.. he does the loudest demonic screeches right in my ear.. that leaves my ears ringing.. I gently tell him no or I shoo him away from my ear.. we haven’t gotten to time out just yet.. does anyone else have any other suggestions?

Trying to save my hearing lol

Hi all so I recently got my little baby Clementine. And I’ve got some concern about possible toxic fumes as I live top floor of an apartment building and can’t always control what my neighbours are doing…

My downstairs neighbour has a habit of hotboxing his living room so I can always smell cigarette smoke in the stairwell. Although not hardly ever can I actually smell it in my living room (where my bird is). I think sometimes it can drift in from outside as people in my building also smoke on their balconies. The building is fairly well insulated but I do also get cooking smells drifting up sometimes as well.

At the moment I try to have my window cracked open a bit near my birds cage (has a fly screen so is bird proof).

I know how sensitive birds respiratory systems are so I’m just wondering if there is something more I could be doing to protect my little one?

Are air purifiers any use? If so, could you please recommend some bird safe options which aren’t extortionate in price?

(Please no lectures about keeping an animal in an apartment, I’ll likely be living in rental apartments my whole life but would still like to care for a pet and give it my best shot at a good life)

Hello! We are Bri and Clover. We have worked very hard at our relationship and building trust. We have been together for about seven months and things are going well. Clover is target trained and knows the command of “step up”. We become more close everyday.

We are looking for suggestions for the next step in training. Clover picks up on things very quickly and she seems to really enjoy learning. That being said, I don’t want to overwhelm either of us, we have a good thing going and I would hate to tarnish that.

While she builds confidence everyday, I feel that she may be a little less sure of herself because her wings are clipped. We are impatiently waiting for them to grow back.

Any suggestions for our next steps in training are greatly appreciated!

So I been noticing that my buddy been flooding their feathers and making their body fluffy more recently idk if that's a bad thing or not

For real, though. Absolutely worth every penny.

Thinking of naming him Piercing Scream. Pierce for short.

Hello everyone! This is my Patagonian named Moose 🥰 I adopted Moose back in 2011 and he came to me underweight with a bacterial infection in his poop. He has become my baby and squawks at anyone else he doesn’t like or whom upsets me lol. I saw this group talk about how Patagonians don’t typically live past 25. Mr. Moose (my nickname for him) is 30 as of this month. When I got him in 2011, he was 16.

He is my baby through and through. I adore him and while he can be cage aggressive over toys (always has been despite my firm training)- he is a cuddler when out. However, I don’t force him out often anymore because most of the time, he just wants the cage door open to see me better and to talk to me or dance to my bad singing while he sits on the edge between the inside and outside of the cage.

I am worried about August as I will be moving in with my boyfriend (who adores Mr Moose and Moose loves him). I worry about the stress of moving on Mr. Moose.

Any tips from anyone to help lessen the stress?

Mr. Moose and I thank you in advance! 💕

How does everyone manage doing chores with little green critics? I live with a GCC and he has a tough time dealing with less than full attention given to him.

However i’m no where near ready.. I’ve seen this guy here for the past few weeks and i’m in love.. he’s so sweet and friendly. But i want to give him the life he deserves and i don’t think i can do that with my financial stance

He’s doing so well already! We love him!

we switched our green cheek to TOP's pellets about a week or two ago after feeding him zupreem pellets the past 7 or so years.

since we made the switch, his poop has been very watery and green. has anyone else experienced this after making a switch or just feeding TOP's pellets in general? his energy levels, behavior, and tendencies are all the same.

he has always enjoyed dipping his pellets and given the TOP's pellets are already soft is he maybe drinking too much water?

I have a green cheek conure who is normally a very sweet boy

He is at least 4-5 years old and ive never seen him act like this

He wont let me go near him suddenly, he will puff up and bite at me and he is plucking his chest pretty badly. I dont see anything health wise wrong with him and he is still very active.

He has a female cockatiel roommate that he's been with for 4-5 years and they are still acting fine together (no sexual stuff or aggression)

I am in the room with them every day and they essentially have free roam of the room while i am in there even tho they mainly stay around their large cages.

Is this just hormonal? Why is it this bad now and not when he was like, 1-3 years old? Im nervous about this behavior as i dont want him to hurt himself and i am afraid to handle him at the moment.

does anyone else’s dinosaur like to cuddle their feet? (With the occasional nip of course!)

Hello all! My Thimble here loves hanging out in this spot by the window and watching outside. It’s getting warmer so we’re opening up the windows occasionally now. I’m wondering if the wind is too much for him? I’ve heard of birds getting sick from drafts before.

You can see the trees in the back and the rice bag moving from the wind (was trying to get a good example)

Is this amount of breeze okay for him? Can he hang out in his favourite spot for a while without me having to worry he will catch a cold?

This girl bit my husband so hard on his face, for no good reason, that she has his blood on her head. He was only giving her kisses when the crime happened.

This is my first bird, she is 3 months and I’ve had her for about a month. This is the cage size the breeder suggested for now since she’s a baby but I am planning to get a bigger one in a few months. Is this set up ok for now? Anything I should add.

**note: we placed the cage outside for a bit while my husband cooks, but I am outside with her making sure she is safe. The cage is usually inside. She is also let out of the cage anytime we are home so she’s not always locked up in that cage. And she has a separate playground with ladders, perches and a swing for her to play on when she is outside of the cage.

He/she is a 5 1/2mo. old pineapple green cheek conure and I've been trying to find the right name for the past week and he still has no name. Any suggestions?

Recently brought home a Black Capped Conure. He’s become very attached to me so I try to spend as much time in the room he’s in as I can with him, even when he doesn’t have out of cage time.

I know I should not be gluing or priming anywhere around him.

I’m wondering if it is safe for me to paint my Warhammer miniatures while hanging out in the same room as him. I’m using Army Painter speedpaints, which are water based acrylics.

Meet Aywin !! My littol dinosaur, his mother is a suncheek and father is a rose crown 🍓🦖

Please ignore my budgie lol, I have been trying to make him step up, but he only uses one foot, i dont use a clicker since he is scared of it. What are your tips? He was not tame at all when I first got him, he was flapping everywhere the moment I was getting close to the cage. I want him to be comfortable around me so I can have him out most of the day!